UP CM will be liable if Gayatri flees the country: Keshav Maurya

UP CM will be liable if Gayatri Prajapati flees the country: Keshav Maurya

Lucknow: Asking Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to disclose the hideout of gangrape-accused Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, UP Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday said that the CM will be responsible if his cabinet ministers manages to escape the country.

It may be mentioned that the Gayatri, who is the Transport Minister in Akhilesh’s cabinet, has been absconding since the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on February 27. Currently, he is the sitting MLA from Amethi constituency of the state.

Earlier on February 28, a police team, led by Circle Officer Amita Singh, raided Gayatri’s residence to arrest him for his alleged involvement in the gangrape case, but he was not present there.

The intelligence agencies have been alerted while the airports have been put on high alert, as he is expected to try to escape the country. A lookout notice has been issued and the SSB has been alerted to keep a close watch on the Indo-Nepal border.